Log jams and flood sediment buildup caused channel abandonment and avulsion in the pennsylvanian of atlantic Canada

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 268-287

  Gibling, Martin R ^a   Bashforth, Arden R ^a   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^b   Allen, Jonathan P ^c,d   Fielding, Christopher R ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PEAT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

BLOCKAGE RATIO; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; FLOOD SEDIMENTS; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; PENNSYLVANIANS; RIPARIAN PLANTS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER DYNAMICS;

FLOODS;

AVULSION; BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL FLOW; DEVONIAN; FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MUDSTONE; PENNSYLVANIAN; SANDSTONE;

CANADA;

CORDAITALES; FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 77952617435     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.024     Document Type: Article

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